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Partnership to bring best-in-class cloud expertise to early-stage FinTech and InsurTech start-ups

DoiT International (DoiT), a global provider of cloud technology and consulting services, and Tenity (formerly known as F10), a global innovation ecosystem and early-stage investor for the financial industry, with hubs in Switzerland, Singapore, Nordics...

Online merchants hit by double whammy of fraud as cost-of-living bites

Online businesses are being hit by a damaging double-whammy of fraud as the cost-of-living crisis bites.  A survey of chief financial officers (CFOs) at online merchants across 10 countries, commissioned by Ravelin, has found that fraud is on the...

Research finds that female leaders are being overlooked for top FinTech jobs

Research from EY and Innovate Finance has highlighted ‘barriers’ in the FinTech sector with female leaders being overlooked for senior positions within the industry.  The report, formed from the 120 finalists on the Women in Fintech...

Business confidence among financial chiefs sees sharpest rise since 2020

Research from Deloitte has revealed that business confidence among chief financial officers has seen its sharpest since 2020, jumping by 8% amid the aftermath of the UK’s Spring Budget.  The survey showed that 25% of chief financial officers were...

HedgeFlows launches with £2 million funding to empower SMEs for international trade

HedgeFlows, a FinTech platform for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has launched following a £2 million funding round. The HedgeFlows platform enables SMEs to seamlessly manage foreign payments, cashflows and invoices, giving ambitious...

Top US-based bank selects Temenos for core banking modernization in the cloud

Temenos has announced that Regions Bank, a top  bank in the US, has selected Temenos to modernize its legacy systems for customers’ records and deposits on the Temenos Banking Cloud. The move to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) will enable Regions...

Genesys report confirms customer experience is at the heart of success

Organisations must unlock the new paradigm of personalised, empathetic experiences at scale to build customer relationships and growth amid changing consumer preferences and increasing expectations. We take a look at the findings of Genesys’ State of...

Financial planning with the advent of Corporate Tax in the UAE 

Armin Moradi, Co-founder and CEO at Qashio, speaks to us about financial planning in light of the UAE’s new Corporate Tax and how businesses use technology to manage spending efficiently.   Globally, there has been a shift from basic manual...

How PropTech is key to unlocking the real estate market 

The real estate industry has often been described as ‘archaic’ when adopting new technology. Helen Mutucumarana, Partner, Real Estate, HCR Hewitsons, speaks to us about the status of this sector in the UK and how innovation – particularly...

Data management should be at the heart of the UAE financial sector’s Digital Transformation 

Companies in the financial services and banking sector need to be able to meet the changing expectations of today’s customers. Fred Crehan, Area Vice President, Emerging Markets at Confluent, speaks to us about why the UAE needs strong data management...

Technology Review: How to stop cybercriminals in their tracks 

Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist & VP Global Threat Intelligence, Fortinet, talks to us about the company’s predictions for technology in 2023 and how businesses can stop cyberattacks before they even start.   As we review our...

Paul Payne, CTO, SaaScada 

We talk to Paul Payne, CTO, SaaScada, about life inside and outside of the office, as well as his predictions for areas of investment within finance.   Can you tell us about your current position?  I joined SaaScada as CTO in June 2021 with...